Fatima Day Nursery

Inspection of Fatima Day Nursery 36 Vicarage Road, OLDBURY, West Midlands B68 8HL

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Overall effectiveness Good

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Good

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The provision is good

Leaders and staff create a warm and friendly learning environment for children. Children are keen to explore the activities on offer and show high levels of concentration as they engage in learning. They focus intently as they pick up coloured bears with tweezers and persevere when they encounter difficulties. Children pay attention to the enthusiastic staff, which helps to deepen their level of learning.

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The provision is good

The curriculum is ambitious for all children. Leaders understand how to sequence the curriculum so that children can build on their existing skills. For example, babies learn to copy sounds and say simple words, whereas older children use more complex words and hold conversations with their peers and adults. Staff have a good level of knowledge about children and incorporate their interests into planned activities.

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The provision is good

Staff teach children to be respectful and caring towards their peers and other adults. They use songs and rhymes to remind children to use manners and to help each other with routine tasks. Children learn to cooperate with one another and form strong bonds with staff and other children. They are confident to explore the environment, and they develop the skills needed to prepare them for their eventual move to school.

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need to do better?

n There is a focus on mathematics in the curriculum for pre-school children. Staff successfully weave mathematical concepts through a range of activities that children engage with throughout the day. For example, staff create a shop role- play activity where children buy items. They price items in pounds and pence and label the weight of items that children choose. This develops children's knowledge of how different numerical values are used. n Staff support children's communication and language development well. They interact with children during play, asking questions that support children to contribute their own ideas. They help children to connect events in familiar stories to other activities they are engaged in. Staff help children to learn new vocabulary as they label characters in stories and describe the properties of materials that children play with. As a result, children become effective

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communicators. n Children learn to be increasingly independent. They serve their own food at mealtimes and take responsibility for tidying up throughout the day. However, there are some tasks that staff complete for children that children can do for themselves, such as wiping their own hands and face after eating. As a result, children do not benefit from all opportunities to develop their independence.

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10 January 2025 n An effective key-person system means that staff know children well. They review children's level of development on a termly basis to identify what children need to learn next. However, some children make progress more swiftly and exceed their learning targets before individual assessments are reviewed. This means that children's targets do not always reflect their current level of ability. n Staff have regular opportunities to improve their own knowledge and skills. They are keen to learn new information about how children learn. Leaders support staff to implement what they have learned in training into their interactions with children. Staff say they have grown in confidence as a result of the support they receive from leaders. This means that children experience an environment that is continually improving. n Leaders have a good understanding of how to support children with special

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educational needs and/or disabilities. They support staff to identify any gaps in children's development and contact external agencies where further support is needed. Staff support children who speak English as an additional language effectively. They promote the use of their primary language as well as helping them to learn a good level of English. n Leaders are passionate and committed to delivering high-quality experiences for children. They are reflective and proactive in developing practice within the nursery. They spend time with staff, modelling practice and promoting professional development opportunities for them. Leaders use what they know about children to create improvement plans. This helps to enhance learning experiences for children. n Parents speak highly of the experiences their children receive at this nursery. They value the support they receive as a whole family unit and appreciate the

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need to do better?

detailed communication they get daily about what children have been doing. Leaders and staff are committed to building strong relationships with parents and take time to get to know them and their children from the earliest opportunity. They share ideas of how parents can support their children's development at home, which helps to provide consistency of care.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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should:

n maximise opportunities for children to develop their independence n enhance the assessment process, so staff identify more precisely what children need to learn next.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY551220 Local authority Sandwell Inspection number 10378866 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 35 Number of children on roll 30 Name of registered person Fatima Day Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 0121 552 8496 Date of previous inspection 18 June 2021

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Information about this early years setting

Fatima Day Nursery registered in 2017. The nursery operates from Monday to Friday, term-time only. Sessions are from 8am until 5pm. The nursery employs seven members of childcare staff. Of whom, two hold an early years qualification at level 6, and all other staff hold a qualification at level 3. The nursery offers government funded places for childcare.

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Inspection activities

n The deputy manager, the manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years foundation stage curriculum. n Children spoke to the inspector about what they enjoy doing at the nursery. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector and the deputy manager carried out a joint observation of a group activity. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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We carried out this inspection under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 on the quality and standards of provision that is registered on the Early Years Register. The registered person must ensure that this provision complies with the statutory framework for children's learning, development and care, known as the early years foundation stage.

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